Mary Lee Bendolph: Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond August 13, 2008

Mary Lee Bendolph's extraordinary talent first garnered national attention when her work was featured among that of other quiltmakers from Gee's Bend, Alabama, in the 2002 blockbuster exhibition and book 'The Quilts of Gee's Bend.' Hailed by the New York Times as "some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced," the abstract quilts from this tiny, isolated African American community prompted a rethinking of commonly accepted artistic categories.-